Top 10 Winnersof Kasambahay Kasambuhay Pilipinas Awards 2022. Now on its seventh year, the Kasambahay Kasambuhay Pilipinas Awards, a joint endeavor of the Junior Chamber International Senate Philippines, Inc. (JCI) and Palawan Pawnshop Group, has named 10 household workers as this year’s Top 10...
The Senate Blue Ribbon committee will issue its report on the alleged overpriced and slow laptops for public school teachers next year. Senator Francis ‘’Tol’’ Tolentino said he was not able to issue the report yesterday because it lacked the signature of one senator. He said senators were...
The Senate approved on Wednesday, December 14 a resolution expressing the sense of the Senate on the continuous harassment and intimidation tactics of Chinese armed forces in the West Philippine Sea (WPS). The unnumbered resolution was introduced by Senator Francis ‘’Tol” Tolentino. It was...
Calls for the Senate to formalize its position on the Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGOs) snowballed on Wednesday, December 14 after Sen. Grace Poe raised another abduction case involving this sector. Poe, in a privilege speech, narrated how a trusted friend told her two days ago how his...
The Senate Blue Ribbon Committee has urged the Department of Health (DOH) to include the participation of the Office of the Solicitor General (OSG) especially in the next procurement of COVID-19 vaccines. The DOH has earlier disclosed its plans to purchase a limited number of bivalent COVID-19...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez, one of the prime movers of the Maharlika Investment Fund (MIF) Bill, has described one senator as "very, very enthusiastic" about the proposed Philippine sovereign wealth fund. House Speaker Martin Romualdez (left) and Senator Mark Villar Romualdez, speaking to...
OF TREES AND FOREST Former Senate President Manny Villar I have always extolled the importance of entrepreneurship. For the most part, this unshakeable belief is anchored on my own experience as someone who built a business from the ground up, and to some extent, this is also due to my experience...
The Senate has approved on third and final reading the bill granting Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) import Justin Donta Brownlee’s bid to gain Filipino citizenship on Monday, December 12. The bill, House Bill No. 6224, which seeks to naturalize Brownlee, garnered 21 affirmative votes,...
For page 1 Senators on Monday chided officials of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) over its late action against the illegal diversion of pink salmon and pompano to wet markets. Senator Raffy Tulfo, who first questioned BFAR's sudden strict implementation of the Fisheries...
The proposed Maharlika Wealth Fund (MWF) is so contentious that there should always be a quorum in the Senate if and when the time finally comes to discuss it in the upper chamber. Senator Aquilino "Koko" Pimentel III (Facebook) Thus, said Senate Minority Leader Aquilino "Koko" Pimentel III on...
After the House of Representatives passed on second reading the proposed Magna Carta of Barangay Health Workers (BHWs), BHW Party-list Rep. Angelica Natasha Co on Saturday, Dec. 10, vowed to lobby to “each and every Senator” the quick passage of the bill. Senate of the Philippines’ plenary...
The Senate has adopted a resolution commending the Philippine chess delegates for their outstanding performance during the recent games held in Bangkok, Thailand. It was Sen. Manuel “Lito” Lapid who filed Senate Resolution No. 304 commending the entire delegation for dominating the 6th Eastern...
